Cañas y barro (TV series)

Cañas y barro (lit.'Reeds and Mud') is a Spanish limited television series adapting the novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. It aired in 1978 on TVE1.

Cañas y barro
GenrePeriod drama
Based onCañas y barro [es]
by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Screenplay byManuel Mur Oti
Directed byRafael Romero Marchent
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time55 min (approx.)
Production companyTVE
Original release
NetworkTVE1
Release26 March (1978-03-26) –
30 April 1978 (1978-04-30)

Premise

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The fiction is set in El Palmar, a village in La Albufera lagoon,[1] in fin-de-siècle Spain, in between the 19th and 20th centuries.[2] The plot features the strife between fishers (the old) and rice farmers (the new) as backdrop.[1]

Cast

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Production and release

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Cañas y barro is an adaptation of the 1902 novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The novel had been already adapted to a feature film format with the Juan de Orduña's 1954 film Cañas y barro [es].[9] The series was shot in the northern hemisphere Autumn/Winter of 1977 in the same location the fiction takes place, in La Albufera and El Palmar.[10][1] Adapted to screen by Manuel Mur Oti, the episodes were directed by Rafael Romero Marchent.[1] It consisted of 6 episodes featuring a running time of about 55 minutes.[11] The production had a 70 million peseta budget.[11] It aired on a weekly basis from 26 March 1978 to 30 April 1978.[1] It became the most watched fiction series of the year, and second in general to the documentary series El hombre y la Tierra (non-fiction).[10]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedViewershipRef.
First airedLast aired
1626 March 1978 (1978-03-26)30 April 1978 (1978-04-30)17,000,000[1]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f George 2011, p. 578.
  2. ^ Peña Ardid 2010, p. 91.
  3. ^ "Vida de Santa Teresa y obra de Blasco Ibáñez". Diario Palentino. 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Peña Ardid 2010, p. 93.
  5. ^ Peña Ardid 2010, p. 93–94.
  6. ^ Pereira, Azucena (12 August 2017). "7 personajes televisivos inolvidables de Terele Pávez". FormulaTV.
  7. ^ George 2011, p. 579.
  8. ^ Peña Ardid 2010, p. 94.
  9. ^ Peña Ardid 2010, p. 78.
  10. ^ a b Díez, Teresa (17 April 2017). ""Cañas y barro", la primera serie de la 'cultura de la transición'". Valencia Plaza.
  11. ^ a b Herrera, Nuria (15 May 2020). "10 series míticas de RTVE que puedes recuperar durante la cuarentena". Diez Minutos.
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